Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: First butterflies of the season, 1 by scarletbean

scarletbean wrote:
Hmmmm. I really like mourning cloaks. I have been seeing at least 1 tigerstripe swallowtail for the last 4 days. Today i plan to get my dill, parsley and some catnip out of the little grow pots and into the ground. They are ready to take off, and i want to get the attention of any passing BF's looking for egg laying territory. My purple homestead verbena is flowering, and i bought dallas red lantana( this color seemed to be the preferred choice of hums, bfs and bees last year, passing the lavender and yellow lantana over. I happen to really like the flaming red orang yellow colors.) so i gotta get those in too. I think lantana is a great plant, I wish it was not an annual here. I tried heavy mulch, but it just cant take the cold.
This pic is from last year, but i was thinking how i cant wait for these guys to show up....